Great Power Fighting Falcon

The fifth regiment is mainly stationed at the West Guangdong Station for training this year. Their home station is the East Guangdong Station, and they also have some fighters left. The ones who are transferring here today are from their home station in the East Guangdong Station.

The three flight regiments, the 5th and 6th regiments, have all been stationed at three major stations for training, with the exception of the 4th regiment - they have not been stationed in western Guangxi for training. Considering that the Second Division is located on the front line, and the J-7's flight range is too short, if it goes to Guixichang Station for training, it may have to return once it sees the mainland airspace line, let alone go to sea.

There is no tiger in the mountain and the monkey is king. Most Chinese Air Force pilots, including Li Zhan, have the same complex psychology and emotions towards the J-8.

It’s 2009, and the F-16 has been in service for thirty years. To this day, the number of domestically produced J-10s that are comparable to this aircraft in terms of technical level and combat performance is only three regiments.

You have a choice, A or B, J-7 or J-8. So should we choose the seventh master or the eighth master? Soldiers don't have a choice. Even if they do, the results are not much different - these two models have the largest amount of equipment. You can imagine how hard you have to work to get the 900 yuan per hour rod fee.

The drawbar fee for the SU-27 and the J-10 is almost the same, about 900 yuan.

As for the more advanced SU-30, don't have any wishful thinking. At this moment, there is only one regiment of SU-30s, and those who can fly this aircraft are almost all elites in the Air Force - without thousands of hours of flight time, they can't even think of touching it.

As a result, the J-8 has become a model that many pilots look down upon but want to fly because you have no second choice.

At least the lever fee for driving the J-8 is more.

This shows how determined Li Zhan was when he gave up the opportunity to stay in Beikong and fly the J-10 and chose to go home and fly the J-7.

After taking turns to have lunch in advance, all the tower personnel on duty returned to their posts. Weathermen are the busiest and most stressed. They nervously compile real-time weather reports from weather stations, conduct final analysis, and submit them to the commander.

It is common for two batches of two aircraft to move around. In the past few years, the Second Division has often done it, and the frequency has increased, so everyone has become more and more proficient. Ten years ago, a similar transition would have alarmed the flight attendant.

While Li Zhan was waiting for Guangzhi to hand over command, a rumor suddenly came up and he hesitated, wondering whether he should ask Fang Chenghe a question.

"Ask whatever you want to ask." Fang Chenghe said.

"Yes." Li Zhan said, "I heard that the J-8 cannot form a formation of more than two aircraft because the airborne radars will cause serious mutual interference?"

Fang Chenghe glanced at Li Zhan and asked, "Have you ever seen a J-8 formation of more than two aircraft?"

"No." Li Zhan replied, "We don't have J-8s in our training base, but I once visited the Haihang Field Station on the Jiaodong Peninsula and found that they do not have formation tactics of more than two aircraft."

This rumor has been around for a long time. Li Zhan doesn’t know much more about the J-8 than a military fan. He even took a cursory glance at the cockpit of the J-8. It is said that because electronic equipment will cause serious interference, if there are more than two aircraft, the electronic equipment will not work properly, making it impossible for the J-8 to fly in formation of more than two aircraft.

In Li Zhan's impression, the J-8 taking off and landing at the Xixian Field Station did not have a formation of more than two aircraft. His family is in the Chengdong County Machinery Factory, which happens to be on the take-off route of the West County Station. When he was a child, he often looked at airplanes with his neck raised. After watching them for a long time, he could tell the difference between J-8 and J-7. He had never seen one before. When flying in formations of more than two aircraft, the J-7 will often fly in large formations. He does have a say in this aspect.

Fang Chenghe said, "That's old history. The early models of the J-8 did have this problem. At that time, our country's avionics technology was still relatively backward, and mutual interference was serious. But it's not the mutual interference of radar signals that you mentioned. It's The overall avionics system.”

After a pause, he said, "As for Type 2, which is the model equipped with air intakes on both sides of the Fifth Regiment, this problem has actually been solved. Large formation flying is rare mainly because of changes in tactics."

He looked at Li Zhan with a half-smile and asked, "Do you think it will still be possible for large formations to fight in the air in the future?"

Li Zhan laughed awkwardly. Indeed, in the first Gulf War, the U.S. military only dispatched a dozen F-15 air superiority fighters to form the so-called "Wall of Eagles" to gain air supremacy in the theater.

It is unrealistic to consider the technical gap in equipment. What should be seen is the combat methods demonstrated by the US military and the power of systematic combat. The Iraqi army during Saddam's era was not a mess, but the most powerful army in the Middle East. Under the systematic attack of the U.S. military, it was like being squeezed into mud. Such a result gave the Chinese soldiers a great shock. It can be said that the attack on the Chinese army was all-round from top to bottom. It is not an exaggeration to describe the far-reaching impact. .

Chinese military personnel have strong self-confidence and believe that one day they will have equipment at the same level as the US military. At this stage, the technology and equipment are backward, but the combat thinking and tactics must be accelerated to keep up. Moreover, in horizontal comparison, among the three major services, the Air Force's operational thinking has changed faster.

All in all, the era of dozens of fighter planes fighting each other has passed. The future form of air combat will be based on beyond-visual-range combat, and the main strategic mission of the Air Force will shift from homeland air defense to both offense and defense.

Fang Chenghe didn't know that Li Zhan thought of the future development direction of the Air Force from such a detail. He thought that Li Zhan remembered that he was not assigned to the Sixth Regiment to fly the SU-27. After thinking about it, he revealed a piece of information and said, "The highest superiors have determined that in our wide-air flight force, our Second Division and Fourth Regiment are the first to modify J-11 fighters. The first batch of J-11s will arrive by the end of the year at the latest. If you want to be the first If you want to be refitted in batches, you must seize the time to complete the subjects in the two stages.”

The lever fees for driving J-11 and J-10 are at the same level.

Hearing this, Li Zhan suddenly became excited, "End of the year? Great! Chief of Staff, I have no problem, I can fly every day!"

How much does it cost to tie the rod?

"What are you thinking about? What will happen to the others if you fly away?" Fang Chenghe exposed Li Zhan's fantasy, "What you have to consider is how to use the precious flight time to improve efficiency."

Li Zhan was somewhat disappointed and nodded, "Yes, I understand."

The airline company has regulations on pilots’ flying time per year. The minimum flight time cannot be less than 200 hours. It is not easy to fly more. The annual aviation fuel budget is only so much, and it can also be said that the annual training funds are only so much.

"Xixian County, this is Guangzhi."

Guangzhi's call came over the loudspeaker.

Li Zhan quickly replied, "Xixian received it, please give instructions!"

"Two batches of two, I leave them to you."

"Understood, the frequency is 99873.4, repeat, the frequency is 99873.4."

Soon, Guangzhi conveyed the frequency to the two J-82s that were approaching the field. The two pilots of the Fifth Regiment adjusted the frequency to the channel designated by the Xixian field station and began to call the tower, "Xixian, Three Liangguai calls, accepting your command, over."

"Turn in threes and twos, keep approaching, and the landing direction is from south to north. It's over." Li Zhan gave the allowed landing direction.

Unlike civil airports, military airports do not use runway numbers, and takeoff and landing directions are directly stated.

The numbering of civil aviation runways is not a serial number. It represents the degree of magnetic declination and heading. The first two digits are used as the number. For example, runway 15 represents the takeoff direction of 150 degrees, while runway 09 represents 90 degrees.

The runway in Xixian County runs roughly east-west, and the commonly used take-off and landing direction is east. If it is numbered according to the civil aviation airport method, then landing from south to north means using runway 36. 36 represents 360 degrees and is due north. The choice of direction is related to the local wind direction all year round. No matter whether it is taking off or landing, it must be against the wind. Therefore, this factor basically determines the direction to be chosen when constructing the runway.

Sanliangguai reported, "Landing from south to north, I understand."

Li Zhan continued to report the situation to those entering the site, "The normal pressure in this site is 888, the wind direction is 111, the wind speed is 6 meters per second, and the ground temperature is 22."

"Understood, I'm taking a turn."

At this time, the figure of the J-8 can already be seen appearing over the airport. Any aircraft that lands on this field must circle the field. In fact, it means about four turns, and finally aligns with the runway. The unique appearance of the J-8 is definitely very recognizable. Based on the development of the J-7, the fuselage was lengthened through facelift surgery to accommodate more avionics equipment and an extra engine. With the same aerodynamic layout, it can be said that the early J-8 was enlarged. The dual-engine version of the J-7 was just a stopgap measure at the time.

The technology was not enough for publicity, so the "beautiful man in the sky" came into being.

Now the fifth regiment has all eliminated the early models of J-8, and is equipped with the latest models produced at the beginning of this century. The most obvious difference is that the early models, like the J-7, use the nose for air intake. The current model used by the Fifth Regiment has air intakes on both sides, freeing up the nose for installing fire control radar.

Compared to the fourth regiment, the fifth regiment was actually the worst. Their current aircraft has been in operation for less than ten years, and if they want to modify it, they may have to wait another ten years. Unless the existing equipment is handed over to the brother units and the new models are modified by oneself. For the first-line ace fighter pilots of the Second Division, known as the "South Tyrant", this kind of operation is nothing. The old model J-7s of the previous four regiments were simply handed over to the brother units in the west and then modified into the latest E-types.

The problem is that it has been determined that the fourth regiment will modify the J-11 by the end of the year, so there is absolutely no possibility that the fifth regiment will hand over the existing equipment and then modify it.

It is said that the J-11 is much more advanced than the original SU-27, especially the avionics system. It can be said that there is a generation gap, and the performance in all aspects has been greatly improved. By then, the second division's ace flying regiment will most likely be transferred from the sixth regiment to the fourth regiment.

Thinking of this, Li Zhan felt a lot more mentally balanced.

"Tower, I've deployed the landing gear." Sanliangguai reported.

The sergeant observing the landing gear shouted the report: "Gear down!"

"Down the landing gear, you can land." Li Zhan confirmed to Sanliangguai.

The handsome man in the sky slightly raised the nose of the aircraft, and landed gracefully and slowly. The main landing gear rubbed the runway surface and splashed a faint smoke. After taxiing for a while, the front landing gear landed, the throttle was fully retracted, and the speed became slower and slower. Under the command of the ground crew, we drove out of the runway and drove along the taxiway to the designated parking space.

Not long after, the second J-8 successfully landed in this field, marking the arrival of Master Ba once again in this field after two years and three months.

So far, the Xixian Station has once again gathered all models of the Air Force's main fighter jets - J-7, J-8 and SU-27.